Lokarr
Old Norse Dictionary - lokarr
Meaning of Old Norse word "lokarr"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- lokarr
- m., dat. lokri, [A. S. locer], a plane, a joiner’s term; lokrar tveir, Pm. 124; kirkjan á þrjá lokra ok felli-stokk, 13: metaph., frekr get ek at þeim þykki lokarr minn til fégjalda, I ween they will think my plane cuts no thin shavings in the matter of fees, FmS. ii. 65: poët., óðar-lokarr, ömun-lokar, the ‘voice-plane’ = the tongue, Ad. 16, Edda 85 (in a verse). lokar-spánn, m. plane shavings, FmS. vi. 156, xi. 34, Edda 46, Þiðr. 20.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛚᚢᚴᛅᚱᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- dat.
- dative.
- m.
- masculine.
- metaph.
- metaphorical, metaphorically.
- poët.
- poetically.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Ad.
- Arinbjarnar-drápa. (A. III.)
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Pm.
- Pétrs-máldagi. (J. I.)
- Þiðr.
- Þiðreks Saga. (G. I.)